International Journal of Advances in Nursing Management

Juliet Sylvia ¹

Affiliations
1 Sacred Heart Nursing College, IN

Abstract

Responsible person for Implementation:- Health team members in the community. Benefits of Care Pathway 1 It is a tool used in achieving co-ordinated care and desired outcomes within an anticipated time. 2 It reduces variability, cost and documentation burden.  Provides a framework for collecting and analysing the variance¹.

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Juliet Sylvia ¹

Affiliations
1 Sacred Heart Nursing College, Madurai - 625 020, IN

Abstract

In India People in the age group of 15-29 years (youth) comprise almost 25 percent of the country's population; however they account for 31 percent of AIDS Burden (NACO, 2010). These young adults face a lot of reproductive health risks. However, the major health problems are largely preventable (Tylee, et al., 2007). It is a challenge for health care providers including nurses to meet the service demands of youth. There is paucity of adolescent friendly health services.

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E. Devakirubai ¹, Juliet Sylvia ¹, Lynn Antoinette Bentick ¹

Affiliations
1 Sacred Heart Nursing College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, IN

Abstract

Background: All nurse educators unanimously agree that clinical competence is essential to fulfil the role of a professional nurse. Nursing student's perspectives on their clinical experience would provide greater insight in promoting a positive clinical learning environment. So the current aimed to explore the perspectives of nursing students regarding effective clinical learning environment.

Methods: Three focus group interviews were conducted among 15 students who were selected purposely from second, third and fourth year Nursing students. A qualitative data analysis technique was followed to arrive at the final themes.

Results: Six themes emerged from the qualitative analysis and they were 'inadequate clinical facilities', ' anxiety towards clinical experience', 'attitude of nursing staff towards students learning', 'theory-practice gap', 'lack of mentors' and 'professional role ambiguity' which hindered their effective clinical learning.

Conclusion: The study finding highlights the obstacles encountered by the students in clinical areas. This necessitates the nurse educators to re-examine and to use innovative clinical teaching strategies to promote an effective learning environment.

Keywords

Effective Clinical Learning Environment, Nursing Students , Perspectives).

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